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Little Haiti (Lower Eastside)

The community of Little Haiti, Detroit bustles with Haitian owned and operated business, where the aroma of Little Haiti’s Creole cooking, multi-hued artwork, the rhythm of Haitian compass, and the expressive tone of Haitian Creole greet residents and visitors alike to Little Haiti, Detroit.

If you are looking for a quincallerie (hardware store), gros savon (soap), and beurre chaud (bread), then you must make a trip to Little Haiti, the neighborhood where Detroit's growing number of Haitians have carved out a place they call their own. Little Haiti's population is 33,908.

Little Haiti captures the flavor of the world-famous Haitian primitive art, rich with colors of the Caribbean. Local Haitians in the surrounding areas have built up businesses along N. Detroit Ave. and N.E. 2nd Avenue; excellent examples of this industrious community’s strong sense of ethnic pride and entrepreneurial energy.